Being a computer programmer, after I just ripped all my CDs to MP3s (a task that took many months), I wrote a program today that told me some surprising statistics about my personal music collection!

• Number of unique music artists: 1,172.
• Number of songs: 5,015.
• 20 days of music!!
• 52.10 GB of MP3s.
  
• Favorite artists in order, by minutes of listening material: Madonna, The Chemical Brothers, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Cher, Prodigy, Depeche Mode, Bjork, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim
• Favorite artists in order, by number of songs: Madonna (190), The Chemical Brothers (164), Prodigy/Whitney Houston (86), Britney Spears/Cher (80), Bjork (74), Daft Punk (69), Depeche Mode (59), 311/Fatboy Slim (57), Jennifer Lopez/Orgy (49), ATB (48), Ian Van Dahl (42), The Crystal Method (40), Basement Jaxx (38), Amber (36), Seal (35), Pet Shop Boys (34), New Order/The Future Sound of London (33), Deep Dish (32), Destiny's Child (31), Paul Oakenfold/Paul Van Dyk (30), Jamiroquai, Janet Jackson, Steely Dan (29), and many, many more....
• There were 598 music artists that I only had 1 song for.
• 393 songs had the phrase "radio edit" in the title.
• 26 songs had the word "explicit" in the title, meaning that it had "bad" words in the song
• Favorite remixers, by number of remixes: Peter Rauhofer (199), Thunderpuss (133), Hex Hector (128), Junior Vasquez (80), Victor Calderone (53), Jonathan Peters (46), David Morales (41), Richard "Humpty" Vission (35), Chris Cox (33), Stuart Price (29), Ralphi Rosario (24), Maurice Joshua (21), Tony Moran (19), Dave Aude/DJ Tiesto (17), DJ Dan/The Chemical Brothers (16), Above & Beyond/Freemasons/Metro/Paul Oakenfold/Paul Van Dyk (15), Deep Dish (12), Armand Van Helden/Danny Tenaglia (11), Ferry Corsten/Illicit (10), Richard Morel (8), Justice (4), Joe Bermudez (3), Daft Punk (2), and too many more to list...
• Paul Oakenfold and Paul Van Dyk are tied in both number of remixes and original songs.
  

Labels: Madonna, MP3, music, Peter Rauhofer, remixes, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy

The Prodigy finally has a new electronic music album, "Invaders Must Die" coming March 3, 2009. It's their first album of original material since 2004's Grammy-nominated "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned". You can hear clips of it already leaked online. The band has a new video, "Omen" released today. It features Keith Flint and Maxim on vocals and brings The Prodigy back to their "Fat of The Land" roots, but even cooler! The new album is definitely better than the last, and has been receiving positive reviews online. It's heavier, louder, danceable, and takes elements from all of their other previous albums. They may not top the charts again like they did in the late '90s, but The Prodigy is making a much better and highly anticipated comeback. Check out the video for the "Omen":



Cover art for the new single:

Labels: music, The Prodigy